MATTER OF LISS v. Sadowski

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, without costs.

Appellant filed designating petitions for a seat on the school board of Community School District No. 15 in Brooklyn. On a number of petitions, sufficient to affect the validity of appellant’s candidacy, the subscribing witness transposed the numbers of his election district and his assembly district. This defect is fatal. The provisions of the Election Law governing the nomination of candidates apply to the election of community school board members (see Education Law, § 2590-c, subd 6, par…